Ladder grip

ABSTRACT

A safety device system is installed on top of a ladder that is mounted on a top of the roof of an upstanding structure and somewhat inwardly from an edge of the roof. The safety device includes a U-shaped frame being fastened with each leg to each of the rails of the ladder. The height of U-shaped frame can be adjusted by way of telescoping sleeves. The U-shaped frame with each of its legs is frictionally mounted to each rail so that the U-shaped frame can be adjusted into different positions relative to the roof. The upstanding structure can be an RV or camping vehicle having the roof.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A ladder structure to be used on recreational vehicles such as campersor RV's to gain access to the roof of such vehicles. The ladders arenormally permanently installed and are normally located at a rear wallof the vehicle. There are not known any implements with regard to safetyof a person climbing the ladder, especially when reaching the top of theladder, To aid the person in stepping on top of the roof with regard tosafety.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the ladder including the safety grip;

FIG. 2 is a back view of the ladder including the manner of installingthe safety grip.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 illustrates the known system of installing a ladder on top of anRV or a camper. The roof is indicated at 1. This ladder system, ofcourse, could also be installed on any other upstanding structure havinga flat roof such as a garage standing alone. The ladder is indicated at2 and is normally fastened to the roof by a fastening system shown at 3:The ladder is also normally installed in such a manner that at least tworailings follow the roof surface to some extent to allow for an extrastep onto the roof for a person reaching the top of the roof. The abovedescription is well known in the prior art.

At this point, when the person reaches the top of the roof, there is notknown any safety feature to stabilize the person. To this end there isinstalled a safety hand grip 4 which in FIG. 1 is shown as upstanding.

FIG. 2 shows the details of the hand grip and an explanation of itsoperation. The hand grip 4 is installed in a telescoping sleeve 5 sothat different heights of the hand grip can be obtained. The hand grip 4is constructed in a U-shape form so that each leg 6 of the U-shape canbe fastened to each of the ladder rails. Once a proper height of theU-shaped hand grip has been established, a clamping screw 8 will fasteneach leg of U-shape in a respective telescoping sleeve by way of theclamping screw 8. The U-shaped frame or hand grip 4 is not rigidlymounted to the top of the ladder but can be adjusted to differentpositions. This is accomplished by way of a friction fit. There is aclamping connection 9 attached to the ladder and a clamping screw 7passes through the clamping connection and the U-shaped frame. Bytightening the screw 7 more or less to a certain force, the U-shapedframe 4 can by be moved to and held in certain positions. When theladder is not in use, the U-shaped frame should be moved to a completedown position When not in use and the vehicle is traveling, it isdesirable to have the frame 4 in a down position to remove the framefrom any wind resistance and for aesthetic reasons. Being clamped in anyposition the U-shaped frame 4 cannot rattle as the vehicle moves. When aperson climbs up the ladder, the person immediately can reach theU-shaped frame 4 and slowly can move the frame against the friction ofthe friction connection 9 to thereby immediately can take advantage ofthe safety feature as the person rises to the top of roof.

1. A safety device system installed on top of a ladder, said safetydevice is to be used by a person using said ladder, said top of theladder being installed on a roof of an upstanding structure and alocation somewhat inwardly from an edge of said roof, said safety devicecomprising a u-shaped frame, each leg of said u-shaped frame beingmounted to each rail of the ladder on top of said roof, means forcreating a friction between each leg of said u-shaped frame and eachrail of said ladder, said u-shaped frame remains movable against saidfriction.
 2. The safety device system of claim 1, wherein said means forcreating friction includes a clamping connection on each rail of saidladder and a clamping screw passing through each leg of said U-shapedframe and said clamping connection.
 3. The safety device system of claim1 including means for adjusting the height of said U-shaped framerelative to a top of said ladder.
 4. The safety device system of claim3, wherein said means for adjusting the height of said U-shaped frameincludes a telescoping sleeve each fastened to said means for creatingfriction, each leg of said U-shaped frame being received within each ofsaid telescoping sleeves.
 5. The safety device system of claim 4,including a screw passing through each of said telescoping sleeves toarrest said U-shaped frame at a predetermined height.